2024 Cycle Tour August 11 - September 8, 2024 Chair: Mary Ann Matous Co-chair: Tory Stevens ***NEW*** Registration for Optional Rides ***NEW*** Registration for 2024 Cycle Tour Campbell River to Victoria Ride History
Photo by Jane Player
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Summary of 2024 Cycle Tour Optional Rides (Details and how to register are now on the Events page). 1. Cycle Tour Launch - 9:00 a.m. from Mile 0 to Clover Point or beyond! - Sunday, Aug 11, 2024. For all riders. 2. Pedalling Past the Point - 40 km on Thursday, Aug 15th, 2024. Intermediate riders. 3. Fickle Fig 50 - 50 km on Saturday, Aug 17, 2024. Intermediate riders. 4. Galiano Gallivant/VG4A Day trip - 20/28/62 or 72 km on Tuesday, Aug 20, 2024. Intermediate riders. 5. Port Angeles to Sequim - 60 km on Thursday, Aug 22, 2024. Intermediate riders. 6. Easy Riders - 25 km on Tuesday, Aug 27, 2024. Beginner riders. 7. Cow Bay 55 - 55 km on Wednesday, Aug 28, 2024. Experienced riders. 8. Tackling the Serpentine - 35 km on Thursday, Aug 29, 2024. Beginner/Intermediate riders. 9. Campbell River to Victoria 3-day Ride - 275 km - starts Friday, Sept 6, 2024, ends on Sunday, Sept 8, 2024. Experienced riders. 10. Victoria to Centennial Park to Mile 0 - 40 km on Sunday, Sept 8, 2024. Intermediate riders. 11. Grandmothers and Grandkids (parents welcome also) - 1.6 km on Sunday, Sept 8, 2024. Beginner riders.
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Weekly Rides for 2024 Please contact: vg4acycleregistrar@gmail.com if you would like to be on a mail out list. (Infrequent weather cancellations are sent out to the e-mail list.) Monday Training Rides: see below Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. from Blenkinsop Connector Thursdays, 11:00 a.m. Joy of Cycling. Meet at Janion bldg near ‘blue bridge’. e-mail Julie to get on the list. Fridays, 9:30 a.m. from Saanich Municipal Hall, corner of the Lochside Trail and Darwin Ave. |
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Last Year's Cycle Tour 2023 Cyclists Collectively Clocked 30,000 km. and raised over $131,000 Amid cheers and clapping, tears and laughter, cyclists in Victoria Grandmothers Cycle Tour 2023 rode in to Mile 0 on Sunday, back where the Tour launched four weeks earlier. Over these four weeks, 50 cyclists collectively rode over 30,000 kilometres, in multiple group rides that were offered almost every day of the week or riding on their own and counting kilometres. 28 cyclists also completed the ride that was initiated back in 2007 -- the three-day, 275 km. Campbell River to Victoria Ride. A new addition this year was the inclusion of a Grandparent and Grandchildren Ride from Ogden Point to the Finale, reaching out to the next generation of cyclists. A phenomenal $125,000 has already been raised by this year's Tour; the donate button will stay active for at least another two months. Over the 17 years of its existence, the Victoria Grandmothers Cycle Tour has raised over $1.2 million; when added to the funds raised by other VG4A activities such a Craft Sales, African Dinners and National Walks, Victoria Grandmothers for Africa have raised over $2 million for our grandmother sisters in Africa. Photo by Jane Player. Members may access multiple photos by Jane and others on the Members Only page. |
Optional Rides for Cycle Tour participants were popular
- Thursday, Aug 17th: Pedaling Past the Point - average pace 16-17 km/hr. Video of cyclists by Todd N. here
- Tuesday, Aug 22nd: Fickle Fig 50 - average pace 16-17 km/hr
- Thursday, Aug 24th: 3 Ferry Ride - 80K and quite hilly. Suitable for stronger cyclists
- Wednesday, Aug 30th: Cow Bay 60 - average pace 18-20 km/hr. Suitable for stronger cyclists. Video by Laurie Wilson here
- Thursday, Aug 31: Tackling the Serpentine - average pace 16-17 km/hr
- Friday, Sept 8th: Campbell River to Victoria - average pace 18-20 km/hr. For stronger cyclists; registration now closed
- Sunday, Sept 10th: Grandmothers and Grandkids - pace slow to accommodate children
- Sunday, Sept 10th: Victoria to Centennial Park to Finale - average pace 16-17 km/hr